Bowl.



A. J. SANFORD.

BOWL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.16. 1910.

1,021,004, Patented Ma1i26, 1912.

WITNESSES.

UNITED STATEPATENT GFFICE.

ANDREW J. SANFORD, 0F NEWARK, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO A. H. I-IEISEY & (30., INCL, OF NEWARK, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

BOWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1910.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Serial No. 577,494.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. SANroRo, a resldent of Newark, 1n the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bowls; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to bowls or jars and particularly to those employed for carrying crushed fruit, preserves and the like. lts object is to provide an improved receptacle of this nature, ordinarily employed to carry crushed fruit and sticky or semi-liquid food, and with which a ladle or spoon is necessarily employed in removing the contents which vessel is provided with means for removing the surplus fruit or the like from the bottom of the ladle, and returning it to the body of the bowl, thereby preventing waste and keeping the upper part or edge of the bowl clean.

To these ends my invention consists, generally stated, in a bowl of this character provided with a flange carried in its side portion and preferably having one or more inclined sides and other means hereinafter described to provide for the return of the surplus fruit or the like to the body of the bowl.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the glass bowl illustrating my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a bowl illustrating in perspective one form of my invention; Fig. 3 is a detail interior elevation illustrating the flange employed in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section on the line 4-4 Fig. 8; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view partly in section illustrating another embodiment of my invention.

The jar illustrated in Fig. 1 has the bowl portion proper 2 and lid 3, although it will be understood that I do not confine my invention to receptacles provided with a lid, but desire to include within its scope all receptacles or bowls suitable for carrying food of the character described and indeed all classes of food for the removal of which a ladle or spoon is ordinarily employed.

The curved flange 4 illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 is preferably pressed integral with the bowl 2 where the same is of pressed glass or like material. The flange 4 is preferably situated near the top edge 5 on the interior side wall (5 of the bowl, so that the bowl can be filled nearly full without interfering with the cleaning function of the flange. The flange 4 has its upper edge 7 preferably horizontal or nearly parallel to the upper edge 8 of the bowl 2 and extends inwardly from the side wall 6 at an angle as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. It is also pressed or molded so as to have the groove or channel 9 between its outer face 10 and the face or side wall 6 of the bowl set at a lateral incline.

As illustrated clearly in Fig. 3 I prefer to construct the channel 9 sloping in both directions so that the matter scraped from the bottom of the ladle 11 by the flange 4 which is not entirely intercepted by said flange so as to drop back into the bowl, will flow down the face 10 of said flange and along the channel 9 back into the bowl body. The upper edge 5 of the bowl may likewise be employed to insure the removal of all matter from the bottom of the spoon por tion 11 of the ladle 11, although by the use of my invention it will be found that substantially all the food material will be removed by the flange 4, and that the upper edge 5 of the bowl may therefore be kept clean.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a modification in which the divided flange 13 is employed. The flange 13 has the central aperture 14., and is joined to the wall 15 of the bowl 16 by the spacing walls 17. The channel 18 located between the sloping flange 13 and the side walls 15 also slopes downwardly in two directions as indicated in dotted lines. In this case, however, the slope is toward the aperture 14 instead of being convex as shown at 9 and 9 in Fig. 3. The flange 13 is employed in the same manner as the flange 4, and any food escaping the initial edge will drop in the channel 18 and pass out through the aperture 14 to the body of the food within the bowl 16.

That I claim is:

1. A bowl of the class described having a body portion with a circular and horizontal top edge, and below the edge a ledge portion extending inwardly from the body and at having an aperture formed therein for the 10 an upward incline and forming a spoon supsupport of the spoon and drainage of the port and scraper within the bowl. space back of the ledge.

2. A bowl of the class described having a In testimony whereof, I the said ANDREW body portion with a circular and horizontal J. SANFORD have hereunto set my hand.

top edge and below the edge a ledge portion ANDREN J. SANFORD. extending inwardly from the body and at Vitnesses:

an upward incline and forming a spoon sup- RAY MARTIN,

port and scraper within the bowl, said ledge WV. E. PAINTER.

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